The present book focuses on the application of heterogeneous catalytic materials for the dehydrogenative synthesis of valuable organic compounds from substrates like alcohols and simple aliphatic compounds. Heterogeneous transition metals based catalytic materials are explored for the synthesis of chemicals for the industrial applications.
Dr. Syed Shahabuddin obtained his M.Sc. in materials chemistry in 2011 from Jamia Millia Islamia, India. He was awarded a Ph.D. in polymer chemistry from the University of Malaya, Malaysia in September 2016. He has served as Assistant Manager in Samtel Avionics Limited for almost three years in research and development of avionics grade displays. Formerly, he has worked as a Senior Research Fellow (senior lecture) at Research Centre for Nano-Materials and Energy Technology (RCNMET), Sunway University, Malaysia for more than 2 years. Currently, he is working as an assistant professor in Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, and Gujrat. He has published more than 120 research articles in International journals of repute and presented 30 papers in International/National conferences. He has successfully completed two research project as PI and two research project as CO-I whereas he is currently Co-I for 8 running projects with different institutes in Malaysia. He is the member of Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC) and reviewer of many high impact journals. His current research focus on the synthesis of Nanomaterials, 2D-MXene, Graphene, conducting polymer nanocomposites for water treatment, photocatalysis, supercapacitors, DSSCs, nanofluids for solar thermal applications, waste lubricant oil refining and phase change materials.
Dr. Rama Gaur is Assistant Professor, School of Technology, PDPU Gandhinagar, Gujarat. She received her Ph.D. in chemistry from IIT Roorkee in 2017. Dr. Gaur has expertise in the synthesis of nanoscale materials with interesting and unique morphologies through simple and economical chemical approaches; shape and size dependent optical, magnetic and electrochemical properties; applications in photocatalysis, optoelectronics, electrochemical sensing, electrocatalytic reduction/oxidation, solar energy conversion, energy storage devices, supercapacitors, water splitting and environmental remediation. Dr. Gaur has recently received research grant for DST-SERB-TARE Grant in collaboration with IIT Gandhinagar. Dr. Gaur has served as Assistant Professor at National Institute of Technology Hamirpur and Indian Institute of Information Technology, Una (Himachal Pradesh). She has vast experience in teaching and research.
Dr. Nandini Mukherjee completed her bachelor's (B.Sc. Hons.) in chemistry from Scottish Church College, University of Calcutta in 2012 and master's in chemistry from Banaras Hindu University in 2014. She received her Ph.D. in bioinorganic and medicinal chemistry from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 2020. Currently, she is working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU), Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Prior to joining PDEU she has also worked as a research associate in IISc Bangalore. She has more than 5 years of research experience in organic synthesis and coordination chemistry and published her research in international peer-reviewed journals. Her current research interest focuses on the design and synthesis of molecules that have applications in the field of chemo-sensing of toxins and monitoring biological phenomena; She is also working to develop cost-effective nanomaterials for application in medicinal chemistry and the renewable energy sector.
